Matthew King testified Friday on the measures he and his company took to track down Jacquaveius Harvey.
Jessica Orozco | The Lima News
LIMA — A bond company for a Lima man facing drug and violence charges is asking the court to relieve the funds it paid the court after it took months to track him down.
Jacquaveius Harvey, 30, received a surety bond from ABC Bonds in exchange for assurance he would show up to court, but he instead went on the run with the help of an extensive network of family and friends. Matthew King, who pursued Harvey for the company, said it spent in excess of $80,000 trying to track him down before he was apprehended by the U.S. Marshalls and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office.
King testified on Friday that family who co-signed the bond agreement did not pay the agreed amounts, and one woman canceled her credit card and filed for bankruptcy shortly after paying the company.
King said the company paid $150,000 in bond agreements to the court in this case.
Harvey was arrested on Oct. 12.
King said he and others from ABC Bonds were threatened by Harvey and others, and were told the man had put out a $25,000 hit on King and another agent.
King said he tracked Harvey to an Indiana strip club and the company was prepared to offer a $10,000 reward with CrimeStoppers. He said he also discovered a Facebook account Harvey was using to message family members instructions on where to park to get him to avoid the bond company and law enforcement.
King said he has never dealt with so many lies in the search for anyone.
“I’ve never had an individual’s family be as dishonest as Mr. Harvey’s family was with us,” King told the court.
Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Terri Kohlrieser will take the company’s request under advisement and make a ruling at a later date.
